最新版英语听力教程 Model Test5-part b

[00:04.00]For Questions 6-10,you'll hear a monologue¹ about Personal Life.
[00:10.66]While you listen,
[00:13.61]complete the sentences or answer the questions.
[00:18.29]Use not more than 3 words for each answer.
[00:23.04]You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences
[00:28.40]and the questions below.
[00:32.05]W:I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended
[00:38.82]but I can still remember something about the victory² celebrations³
[00:44.70]in the small town where I lived.
[00:48.77]We had not suffered much from the war there,though like most children of my age
[00:55.61]I was used to seeing bombed
[00:59.14]houses in the streets and the enormous⁴ army lorries⁵ passing through.
[01:05.52]But both at home and at school I had become accustomed⁶ to the phrases⁷ "before the war"
[01:12.39]and"when the war's over".
[01:15.91]"Before the war", apparently,things had been better,
[01:20.77]though I was too young to understand why,except
[01:25.52]there had been no bombs then,and people had eaten things like ice-cream and bananas,
[01:32.58]which I had only heard of.
[01:36.03]When the war was over,we would go back to London,
[01:40.88]but this meant very little to me.
[01:44.86]I did not remember what London was like.
[01:49.30]What I remember only about Victory Europe Day
[01:54.16]was the afternoon and the evening.
[01:57.81]It was a fine May day.
[02:02.07]I remember coming home about five o'clock.
[02:06.51]My father and mother came in about an hour later.
[02:11.58]After dinner I said I wanted to see bonfire
[02:16.44]so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street.
[02:22.68]The bonfire was very high,and
[02:26.94]some people had collected some old clothes to dress
[02:31.67]the unmistakable figure with the mustache they had put on top of it.
[02:37.52]Just as we arrived, they set light to it,
[02:41.99]the flames rose and soon covered the "guy"
[02:46.84]Everyone was cheering and shouting,and an old woman came out of her house
[02:52.90]with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep the fire going.
[02:59.07]I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down,
[03:04.66]not knowing what to say.
[03:08.32]He said nothing either.
[03:11.56]He had fought in the First World War
[03:15.92]may have been remembering the end of that.
[03:20.36]At last he said,"Well, that's it,son.
[03:25.53]Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one."
 

1 monologue   

n.长篇大论，（戏剧等中的）独白

参考例句：

• The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
• He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。

2 victory   

n.胜利，成功

参考例句：

• Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待，胜利永远不会到来。
• It can't be questioned that we will win the final victory.我们将最终取得胜利，这是确定无疑的。

3 celebrations   

n.庆祝( celebration的名词复数 )；庆祝会（仪式）

参考例句：

• The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations. 市长的光临为庆祝活动增辉。
• Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations 维多利亚女王登基50周年庆典

4 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

5 lorries   

n.运货汽车，卡车( lorry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The jeep has been blocked in by all those lorries. 吉普车已被那些卡车团团围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The lorries drew up, and they piled on. 卡车停下来，他们一拥而上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 accustomed   

adj.习惯的，惯常的(to)

参考例句：

• This is his accustomed hour to go to bed.这是他就寝的惯常时间。
• They are accustomed to this sort of work.他们惯于干这种工作。

7 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》